The abortion pill fight isn't over. Foes look to 1873 obscenity law while providers vow to ensure access

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "The high court won't rule for a few months on the case challenging the FDA's approval of mifepristone, and it isn't clear that any justices beyond Alito and Thomas are interested at this stage in applying the Comstock Act.
50% : "Do we think the Supreme Court majority is going to rule on the Comstock Act in this case?
50% : "Do we think that the Comstock Act is going to come up again at some point in the future?
47% : "If the Justice Department took a different position on the Comstock Act, that would obviously be a major game changer," Ziegler said.Abortion providers and advocates say preventing mail distribution of mifepristone will make the abortion pill harder to obtain and possibly more expensive, even in states where the procedure remains legal.
46% : Abortion opponents have been trying for years to use the anti-obscenity measure as a means to restrict abortion, through city and state statutes and attempts at litigation.
43% : They've warned that it could lead to fewer providers offering the drug and longer wait times at abortion clinics that have already been struggling to meet demand since the Supreme Court ended federal constitutional protections for abortion.
39% : But Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito asked about the reach of the Comstock Act, a law passed in 1873 that prohibits mailing of "lewd materials" and drugs used to terminate a pregnancy.

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